While the Red Sox have been known to keep what they're doing in free agency close to the vest, they are not keeping it a secret that they want Nathan Eovaldi back with the team next season.

"We've expressed we do have interest in bringing Nathan back," Boston president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said, via Mass Live. "We've talked to him, but so have a lot of other people. There's a lot of interest in him."

The Red Sox reiterated multiple times in recent days "a lot" of teams are interested in the free agent starting pitcher who went 3-3 with a 3.33 ERA to finish the season after Boston acquired him from Tampa Bay at the trade deadline.

According to MLB.com, the Astros are the main team in contention for Eovaldi's services, but the Red Sox really do want to re-sign him.

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"He's a guy who's a game-changer," manager Alex Cora said. "We know the stuff he has. He got better with time. He went through the process of mixing up his pitches, attacking guys in different spots. Can't give that much information, there's a lot of teams (in on) him. Hopefully, it happens and he's part of this."

Eovaldi went 6-7 with a 3.81 ERA in 2018.

He was Boston's most consistent pitcher in the postseason, tossing 22 1/3 innings both out of the bullpen and as a starter while posting a 1.61 ERA.